Behind-the-Scenes in WDW IT tour... are you in?

[larryz]

How many of you would pay for a behind-the-scenes tour detailing the information technology infrastructure behind the Magic of Walt Disney World.

Never mind that it's unlikely; I'd just like to get a sense of how many might be interested in such a tour.

 

[Minthorne]

Who wants to look at a bunch of server rooms or ancient PCs still running windows 95?

 

[drizgirl]

I'd be surprised if Disney wanted anyone getting a close look at their IT infrastructure, from a security standpoint alone.

 

[RustySpork]

Who wants to look at a bunch of server rooms or ancient PCs still running windows 95?

That's not Windows 95, it's a newer Windows with theming disabled or it's a terminal server connection on Windows Server. Windows 95 didn't have a gradient title bar.

 

[jloucks]

I would love to. I was I.T in a previous lifetime so it doesn't take much for me to nerd out.

 

[Texas84]

That's not Windows 95, it's a newer Windows with theming disabled or it's a terminal server connection on Windows Server. Windows 95 didn't have a gradient title bar.

Looks like Windows 2000.

 

[Texas84]

I was on a discounted backstage tour for an IT conference and they took us to the 'computer room' door in the MK tunnels but they wouldn't let us in. Anyone know what's in there? I'm guessing a bunch of PLC racks.

 

[Texas84]

Also saw Backstage Magic at Epcot. Never saw Astuter.

 

[RustySpork]

Looks like Windows 2000.

It does, yeah. It's probably a Windows server 2012 terminal server session, or worst case it's Windows 7 running local with theming turned off. Either way it's out of date, but it's not as bad as being Win 95.

 

[JIMINYCR]

Even though I'm not much of a tecchie guy, I'm sure some of the things on the tour would astound me...and it would be highly interesting even for me to see the intricate workings behind the scenes.

 

[wdwmagic]

How many of you would pay for a behind-the-scenes tour detailing the information technology infrastructure behind the Magic of Walt Disney World.

Never mind that it's unlikely; I'd just like to get a sense of how many might be interested in such a tour.

I'm not sure there is a heck of a lot to see. As far as I know most of it is off-site in data centers. Each attraction has local computing power, but nothing more than a couple of racks or so.

 

[Janir]

How many of you would pay for a behind-the-scenes tour detailing the information technology infrastructure behind the Magic of Walt Disney World.

Never mind that it's unlikely; I'd just like to get a sense of how many might be interested in such a tour.

I'd totally be down with that! But I'm a IT guy so I'd like to see how they rigged things up. Maybe get me a leg up on some job openings there. ;-)

 

[The Empress Lilly]

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Also saw Backstage Magic at Epcot. Never saw Astuter.

Well, your in luck...Someone had uploaded a video of it on youtube..It's basically in the same vein of Backstage Magic...Honestly they should have kept this...Especially for the Sherman bros song..

 

[KeithVH]

I've been doing a bunch of DCL lately. Did they ever upgrade the hotel PCs from XP?

 

[Baums101]

I'd love to see how everything is done IT wise comparatively now versus say 1982. With that said my knowledge of computers only goes so far so I'm sure my attention would dip as the tour went on

 

[larryz]

In my imagination, there exists a WDW "Control Centre" in which 100 or so technicians sit at darkened desks monitoring the entire complex in all its complexity -- tracking troublesome guests, troubleshooting slow connections, blocking intrusion attempts... think the NORAD control center as depicted in War Games. That's what I'd pay to see...

 

[drizgirl]

In my imagination, there exists a WDW "Control Centre" in which 100 or so technicians sit at darkened desks monitoring the entire complex in all its complexity -- tracking troublesome guests, troubleshooting slow connections, blocking intrusion attempts... think the NORAD control center as depicted in War Games. That's what I'd pay to see...
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Have you tried using the app lately?

 

[larryz]

Have you tried using the app lately?

I didn't say they were succeeding...

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Well, your in luck...Someone had uploaded a video of it on youtube..It's basically in the same vein of Backstage Magic...Honestly they should have kept this...Especially for the Sherman bros song..

This show is so delightfully EPCOT Center.